epidicticus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπιδεικτικός (epideiktikós), from ἐπιδείκνυμι (epideíknumi, “to display, exhibit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.piˈdiːk.ti.kus/, [ɛpɪˈd̪iːkt̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.piˈdik.ti.kus/, [epiˈd̪ikt̪ikus]

Adjective

epidīcticus (feminine epidīctica, neuter epidīcticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (rhetoric) for display, declamatory

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	epidīcticus	epidīctica	epidīcticum		epidīcticī	epidīcticae	epidīctica
Genitive	epidīcticī	epidīcticae	epidīcticī		epidīcticōrum	epidīcticārum	epidīcticōrum
Dative	epidīcticō		epidīcticō		epidīcticīs
Accusative	epidīcticum	epidīcticam	epidīcticum		epidīcticōs	epidīcticās	epidīctica
Ablative	epidīcticō	epidīcticā	epidīcticō		epidīcticīs
Vocative	epidīctice	epidīctica	epidīcticum		epidīcticī	epidīcticae	epidīctica

References

• “epidicticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “epidicticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers